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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Farmworkers Suffer a Disproportionate Burden
Three new studies published in the Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives last week, have shown how dangerous pesticides can be for the neurological development of children. All three studies, which were funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs, Year of the Farmworker Child
Tagged agriculture injuries, Child Labor, Children in the Fields Campaign, EPA, Farmworker, pesticides, Valentina Stackl, Year of the Farmworker Child
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From The Smallest Bee To The Strongest Farmworker Community: Pesticides Influence On Our Food Supply
“What is happening in our sociological world is also happening in our biological world,”—Ramona Beltran, PhD. At the forum held by Beyond Pesticides April 8 and 9 in Denver, a range of scientists and advocates met to discuss how pesticides … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Safety Programs
Tagged Amanda Jordan, American Farms, environmental health, EPA, Farmworker, Worker Protection Standard
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Reap What You Sow: Harvesting Change in North Carolina
On March 29, the Farmworker Advocacy Network (FAN) sponsored the premiere of the documentary Harvest of Dignity at the Galaxy Theatre in Cary, North Carolina. AFOP, a member of FAN, participated in the event, which was held as part of … Continue reading
Posted in Children in the Fields Campaign
Tagged Child Labor, Children in the Fields Campaign, Emily Drakage, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farmworker, Farmworker Advocacy Network, Harvest of Dignity, North Carolina
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UTPA Students Rally Against Education Cuts and Elimination of Mexican American Studies
On Thursday, March 31, 2011, University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) students participated in a planned walkout, showing solidarity and protesting the proposed budget cuts to public education in South Texas. The reductions in general fund revenues, including scholarships, shifts the … Continue reading
Posted in Children in the Fields Campaign
Tagged Cesar Chavez, Children in the Fields Campaign, Education, Farmworker, National Farmworker Awareness Week, Noemi Ochoa, Norma Flores Lopez, UTPA
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